Privacy Policy for Forgotten Pantries
Effective Date: May 13, 2024
Welcome to Forgotten Pantries. This privacy policy (“Policy”) outlines how Forgotten Pantries (“we”, “us”, or “our”) collects, uses, processes, and shares personal information of users (“you”, “your”) of this website, www.forgottenpantries.com. This Policy applies exclusively to information collected through the Site and aligns with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
What Personal Information We Collect
- Information You Provide: Includes names and email addresses collected through WPforms Lite when you subscribe to newsletters, leave comments, or interact with our Site.
- Information from Cookies and Similar Technologies: We use WordPress plugins like WP Super Cache and cookies to gather data about your interactions and usage of the Site. This helps us understand user behavior, manage content, and improve user experiences.
- Analytics Information: Through Google Analytics, we collect anonymized data such as geographical location, device type, and navigation on the Site to understand traffic patterns and user engagement better.
How We Use Your Information
- To enhance, personalize, and support your experience on the Site.
- For internal analytics and reporting to improve the Site.
- To communicate with you, respond to your inquiries, and manage user services.
- To comply with legal obligations and protect our rights and those of others.
Sharing Your Information
- Service Providers: We share information with third-party service providers for hosting our Site (Dreamhost), optimizing site performance (EWWW Image Optimizer, WP Super Cache), and ensuring site functionality (Spectra, Starter Templates).
- Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required by law or if we believe in good faith that such action is necessary to comply with legal processes, protect and defend our rights or property, and ensure the safety of the public or any person.
- Consent: We may share information for other purposes, provided we have obtained your explicit consent.
Your Rights Under CCPA and GDPR
- Access: You have the right to request access to the personal information we hold about you.
- Rectification: You can request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete information.
- Deletion: You may ask us to delete your personal information, subject to certain exceptions prescribed by law.
- Objection and Restriction: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal information and to ask us to restrict processing in certain circumstances.
- Portability: You have the right to receive the personal information you provided to us in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.
- Withdraw Consent: Where we rely on consent to process your personal information, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time.
To exercise these rights, please contact us at forgottenpantries@gmail.com.
Children’s Privacy
Our Site is not intended for children under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect data from such individuals. If you believe that we have mistakenly or unintentionally collected such information, please notify us so that we may delete the information.
Security Measures
We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information. However, no security system is impenetrable, and we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your information.
Additional Information
- Comments: When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, and the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
- Cookies: If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to save your name, email, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to update or modify this Policy at any time. Changes to this Policy will be posted on our Site with an updated revision date. We encourage you to review this Policy periodically.
Contact Us
If you have questions about this Policy, need further information about our privacy practices, or wish to exercise your rights, please contact us at forgottenpantries@gmail.com.
